Postage-stamp.



W. O. BESAW.

POSTAGE STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1914.

1,131,464. Patented M21119, 1915.

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WILLIE O. BESAW, OF REEDLEY, CALIFORNIA.

POSTAGE-STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed. September 21, 1914. Serial No. 862,750.

To a7] whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIE O. Bnsaw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reedley, in the county of Fresno, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Postage-Stamps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in postage and similar stamps.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a postage stamp having a stub, strip or section detachably connected with the main body of the stamp, said strip bearing a cancellation indication which is adapted when the stamp is applied to be transferred or marked upon the envelop or package to which the stamp is applied, the stub, strip or section being subsequently torn from the stamp, thus exposing the cancellation mark which has been transferred to the letter or package.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a stamp wherein the cancellation of the same may be indicated or accomplished by the person applying the stamp, thereby avoiding the necessity of canceling the stamp at the post office.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in View, my invention comprises the improved stamp hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a face view of a stamp embodying my invention, the cancellation strip or section being shown as attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the stamp and showing the strip as partially detached therefrom. Fig. 3 is a view of the stamp as applied, and with the stub entirely removed therefrom to indicate the cancellation of the stamp.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the main body portion of the stamp or that part which is designed to be pasted onto the envelop in the usual manner, while 2 designates the stub or strip which is integral with the body envelop so that the word of the stamp, but is adapted to be separated therefrom along the perforated or scored line 3, as hereinafter described. The back of the body 1 of the stamp is provided with the usual coating of mucilage or other adhesive substance, but the back of the detachable strip or stub 2 is not coated with an adhesive substance. However, this back face of the stub or strip 2, which is indicated at 4, has printed thereon in transfer ink a term, character or word, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In the present instance this mark consists of the word Cancelled, printed in transfer ink on the back of the stub or strip.

In using the stamp the person first moistens the envelop where the stamp is to be placed, or the adhesive back of the stamp as may be desired and places the stamp upon the envelop in the ordinary manner. 'lhe stub or strip which at this time is attached to the main body of the stamp is now pressed down upon the envelop so that the back of this stub or strip bearing the word Cancelled in transfer ink is pressed against the surface of the envelop. The strip is now moistened and pressed against the Cancelled is transferred to the envelop. The strip is now detached along the scored line so that only the main body portion 1 of the stamp re mains attached to the envelop and the word Cancelled appears on the envelop directly beneath the body 1 of the stamp. It is to be noted that the process applied in transferring the mark Cancelled from the stub or strip is similar to that employed in making a decalcomania. It will further be noted that by the use of the stamp herein shown and described, the necessity of canceling the stamp at the post office is obviated, as the stamp is canceled by the person applying the same by the act of moistening and pressing down the strip against the surface of the envelop and then detaching the strip or stub.

TVhat I claim is:

A stamp comprising a main body portion having one side gummed, a stub formed inte ral with one edge of the main body portion of the stamp and delineated therefrom by a line of perforations, the back face of In testimony whereof, I affix my sigmasaid strip havlng a cancellation mark printture, in the presence of two Witnesses. ed thereon in transfer ink, which mark 1s adapted to be transferfed to the envelop or VILLIE BESAW' the like when the stamp is applied, said Witnesses:

strip being subsequently separated from the A. E. MCCLANAHAN,

stamp. MARIETTA McCoiz 01-1112.

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Washington, D. C. 

